Carolinas Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a new four-year categorical adult neurology program anchored at Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health's tertiary flagship in Charlotte, featuring a Level I trauma center, Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Level 4 NAEC epilepsy center with a heavy inpatient stroke and consult volume (9,000 acute code strokes, 4,000+ EMGs, 10,000+ EEGs annually). The curriculum is outpatient-forward (over half of training in continuity and specialty clinics) but builds toward chief-level inpatient leadership on stroke and consult services by PGY-4, explicitly preparing residents for either general neurology/neurohospitalist practice or fellowship subspecialization. Research is institutionally robust, with a dedicated neuroscience research infrastructure (13 staff, active vascular/stroke, epilepsy, neuromuscular, and ALS trials, high faculty publication output) plus a mandatory longitudinal QI project with mentorship and expectations of presentation at regional/national conferences. The program values residents who can operate with graduated autonomy in a high-acuity, procedure-rich academic-community hybrid environment and contribute to its evolving scholarly output despite being an early-stage program still building its own resident alumni track record.